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Saturday, August 30, 2008

This stately lily is springing up and blooming in moist, low areas of northeast Texas. It springs forth from a large onion-like bulb. The four to six flowers bloom in a cluster a'top a stalk that may reach 40 inches. The stem may be solitary or several in a clump or colony. The flowers are often as wide as seven inches.

The spider lily gets its name from the greek words kellos meaning "beautiful" and hymen meaning "membrane".

The genus is easily recognized by the membrane (hymen) which joins all the stamens, forming a cup or crown, and the narrow, "spidery", divisions of the perianth.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she'd never met, a native of Guernsey, the British island once occupied by the Nazi's. He'd come across her name on the flyleaf of a secondhand volume by Charles Lamb. Perhaps she could tell him where he might find more books by the author.

As Juliet and her new correspondent exchange letters, she is drawn into the world of this man and his friends, all members of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a unique book club formed in a unique, spur-of-the-moment way: as an alibi to protect its members from arrest by the Germans.

Juliet begins a remarkable correspondence with the Society's charming, deeply human members, from pig farmers to phrenologists, literature lovers all. Through their letters she learns about their island, their taste in books, and the powerful, transformative impact the recent German occupation has had on their lives. Captivated by their stories, she sets sail for Guernsey, and what she finds there will change her forever.

More Titles, More Books......

Breaking Dawn, by Stephanie Meyer

Clementine, by Sara PennypackerDevil Bones, by Kathy ReichsFollow the Drinking Gourd, by Jeanette WinterGooney Bird Greene, by Lois LowryHarold and the Purple Crayon, by Crockett JohnsonHow to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, by Marjorie PricemanIvy and Bean, by Annie BarrowsIvy and Bean and the Ghost That Had To Go, by Annie BarrowsIvy and Bean Break the Fossil Record, by Annie BarrowsKaty and the Big Snow, by Virginia Lee BurtonLittle Red Lighthouse, by Hildegarde SwiftLost On Planet China, by Maarten J. TroostMidnight Twins, by Jacquelyn MitchardNew Coat For Anna, by Harriet ZiefertRough Justice, by Jack HigginsSister's Choice, by Emilie RichardsSweetgum Knit Lit Society, by Beth PattilloWee Gillis, by Munro Leaf

Thursday, August 14, 2008

It's the early 1970's. The town of Ringgold, Georgia, has a population

of 1,923, one traffic light, one Dairy Queen, and one Catherine Grace Cline. The daughter of Ringgold's third-generation Baptist preacher, Catherine Grace is quick-witted, more than a little stubborn, and dying to escape her small town life. Every Saturday afternoon, she sits at the Dairy Queen, eating Dilly Bars and plotting her getaway to Atlanta. And when, with the help of a family friend, the dream becomes a reality, she immediately packs her bags, leaving her family and the boy she loves to claim the life she's always imagined. But before things have even begun to get off the ground in Atlanta, tragedy brings Catherine Grace back home. As a series of extraordinary events alter her perspective-and sweeping changes come to Ringgold itself-Catherine Grace begins to wonder if her place in the world may actually be, against all odds, right where she began.

More Books....

Architecture by Birds and Insects,by Peggy Macnamara

Assassin, by Stephen Coonts

Black and White and Dead All Over, by John Darnton

Black Wave: A Family's Adventure at Sea, by John SilverwoodCity of Thieves, by David BenioffCommoner, byJohn Burnh SchwartzCypress Nights, by Stella CameronMemory of Water, by Karen WhiteSay Goodnight, by Lisa GardnerSilent Thunder, by Iris JohansenSmoke Screen, by Sandra BrownSpurgeons Sermon Notees over 250 Sermons, by C.H. SpurgeonSweet Love, by Sarah StrohmeyerTogether: A Story of Shared Vision, by Tom SullivanTwisted Creek, by Jodi ThomasUnbridled Dreams, by Stephanie Whitson